Former Graduate Students -- Where are they today?

Page last updated on: March 21, 2014

Roger Menard Currently: Plant Pathologist, United States Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Pineville LA MS Louisiana State University 2007 BS Northwestern State University 1995

Menard, R.D.  2007.  An assessment of loblolly pine decline risk mapping system for managing loblolly pine decline sites within Red Cockaded Woodpecker (RCW) habitat.  MS Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

Westervelt Fellowship Recipient

Zanzot, J.W.  2009.  Biology and ecology of root-feeding beetles and ophiostomatoid fungi in sandhills longleaf pine stands.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

2008 Recipient of the James Floyd Goggans’ Endowed Fellowship in Forest Biology
2009 Recipient of the Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate Student Award for the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
2010 Recipient of the Drummond Fellowship for the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Nominee Top 10 Ph.D. Graduate Student  for the University
2011 Recipient of the Distinguished Dissertation Award for Biology and Life Sciences

Matusick, G. 2010. Pathogenicity and virulence of root-inhabiting ophiostomatoid fungi to Pinus species of the southeastern United States. Ph.D. Dissertation, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Jacob Thompson MS Auburn University 2011 MS Penn State University 2004 BS Binghamton University 2002

Westervelt Fellowship Recipient

Thompson, J.A. 2011.  Two-year bark and ambrosia beetle diversity study at the Talladega National Forest in the southeastern United States. MS Thesis, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Zeng, Y. 2012. Silvicultural disturbances affect on root-feeding bark beetle populations and the incidence of ophiostomatoid fungal species contributing to southern pine decline in Pinus taeda stands. MS Thesis, Auburn, AL

Matt Meyerpeter Currently: Fiber Specialist for International Paper MS Auburn University 2012 BS University of Missouri 2006

2011 York Scholarship for International Research Recipient

Meyerpeter, M.B. 2012.  Mapping loblolly pine decline hazard and risk across the southeastern United States. MS Thesis, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Amritpal Singh Currently: PhD Student at the University of Nebraska MS Auburn University 2012 BS Punjab Agricultural University 2009

Singh, A. 2012. Variation in resistance of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L) and slash pine (P. elliottii Englem) families against Leptographium and Grosmannia root fungi.  MS Thesis, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Ben Brunson Currently: Working as a Consulting Forester MS Auburn University 2013 BS Auburn University 2010

Brunson, B. 2013. Impact of Imperata cylindrica on Populations of Root-feeding Bark Beetle Populations and Factors Associated with Loblolly Pine Decline in a Pinus taeda Stand.  MS Thesis, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

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